diff --git a/src/libs/utils/functiontraits.h b/src/libs/utils/functiontraits.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a0ffd291fe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libs/utils/functiontraits.h
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd.
+** Contact: https://www.qt.io/licensing/
+**
+** This file is part of Qt Creator.
+**
+** Commercial License Usage
+** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and The Qt Company. For licensing terms
+** and conditions see https://www.qt.io/terms-conditions. For further
+** information use the contact form at https://www.qt.io/contact-us.
+**
+** GNU General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU
+** General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation with exceptions as appearing in the file LICENSE.GPL3-EXCEPT
+** included in the packaging of this file. Please review the following
+** information to ensure the GNU General Public License requirements will
+** be met: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html.
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <tuple>
+
+namespace Utils {
+
+// for callables. defined below.
+template <typename Callable>
+struct functionTraits;
+
+// function
+template <typename Result, typename... Args>
+struct functionTraits<Result(Args...)>
+{
+    using ResultType = Result;
+    static const unsigned arity = sizeof...(Args); // TODO const -> constexpr with MSVC2015
+
+    template <unsigned i>
+    struct argument
+    {
+        using type = typename std::tuple_element<i, std::tuple<Args...>>::type;
+    };
+};
+
+// function pointer
+template <typename Result, typename... Args>
+struct functionTraits<Result(*)(Args...)> : public functionTraits<Result(Args...)>
+{
+};
+
+// member function
+template <typename Type, typename Result, typename... Args>
+struct functionTraits<Result(Type::*)(Args...)> : public functionTraits<Result(Type&,Args...)>
+{
+};
+
+// const member function
+template <typename Type, typename Result, typename... Args>
+struct functionTraits<Result(Type::*)(Args...) const> : public functionTraits<Result(Type&,Args...)>
+{
+};
+
+// TODO: enable lvalue and rvalue ref member function later (MSVC 2015?)
+//// lvalue ref member function
+//template <typename Type, typename Result, typename... Args>
+//struct functionTraits<Result(Type::*)(Args...) &> : public functionTraits<Result(Type&,Args...)>
+//{
+//};
+
+//// const lvalue ref member function
+//template <typename Type, typename Result, typename... Args>
+//struct functionTraits<Result(Type::*)(Args...) const &> : public functionTraits<Result(Type&,Args...)>
+//{
+//};
+
+//// rvalue ref member function
+//template <typename Type, typename Result, typename... Args>
+//struct functionTraits<Result(Type::*)(Args...) &&> : public functionTraits<Result(Type&,Args...)>
+//{
+//};
+
+// callables. only works if operator() is not overloaded.
+template <typename Callable>
+struct functionTraits
+{
+    using callableTraits = functionTraits<decltype(&Callable::operator())>;
+    using ResultType = typename callableTraits::ResultType;
+    static const unsigned arity = callableTraits::arity - 1; // ignore object pointer arg // TODO const -> constexpr with MSVC2015
+
+    template <unsigned i>
+    struct argument
+    {
+        using type = typename callableTraits::template argument<i+1>::type; // ignore object pointer arg
+    };
+};
+
+// lvalue ref callables
+template <typename Callable>
+struct functionTraits<Callable&> : public functionTraits<Callable>
+{
+};
+
+// const lvalue ref callables
+template <typename Callable>
+struct functionTraits<const Callable&> : public functionTraits<Callable>
+{
+};
+
+// rvalue ref callables
+template <typename Callable>
+struct functionTraits<Callable&&> : public functionTraits<Callable>
+{
+};
+
+} // Utils
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/runextensions.h b/src/libs/utils/runextensions.h
index a3a2de3e859..837aba34bd2 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/runextensions.h
+++ b/src/libs/utils/runextensions.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #ifndef RUNEXTENSIONS_H
 #define RUNEXTENSIONS_H
 
+#include "functiontraits.h"
 #include "qtcassert.h"
 #include "utils_global.h"
 
@@ -517,20 +518,72 @@ void blockingMapReduce(QFutureInterface<ReduceResult> futureInterface, const Con
     futureInterface.reportFinished();
 }
 
-template <typename ResultType, typename Function, typename Obj, typename... Args>
-typename std::enable_if<std::is_member_pointer<typename std::decay<Function>::type>::value>::type
-runAsyncImpl(QFutureInterface<ResultType> futureInterface, Function &&function, Obj &&obj, Args&&... args)
+template <typename Function>
+class MemberCallable;
+
+template <typename Result, typename Obj, typename... Args>
+class MemberCallable<Result(Obj::*)(Args...) const>
 {
-    std::mem_fn(std::forward<Function>(function))(std::forward<Obj>(obj),
-                                                  futureInterface, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+public:
+    MemberCallable(Result(Obj::* function)(Args...) const, const Obj *obj)
+        : m_function(function),
+          m_obj(obj)
+    {
+    }
+
+    Result operator()(Args&&... args) const
+    {
+        return ((*m_obj).*m_function)(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+    }
+
+private:
+    Result(Obj::* m_function)(Args...) const;
+    const Obj *m_obj;
+};
+
+template <typename Result, typename Obj, typename... Args>
+class MemberCallable<Result(Obj::*)(Args...)>
+{
+public:
+    MemberCallable(Result(Obj::* function)(Args...), Obj *obj)
+        : m_function(function),
+          m_obj(obj)
+    {
+    }
+
+    Result operator()(Args&&... args) const
+    {
+        return ((*m_obj).*m_function)(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+    }
+
+private:
+    Result(Obj::* m_function)(Args...);
+    Obj *m_obj;
+};
+
+// void function that does not take QFutureInterface
+template <typename ResultType, typename Function, typename... Args>
+void runAsyncReturnVoidDispatch(std::true_type, QFutureInterface<ResultType> futureInterface, Function &&function, Args&&... args)
+{
+    function(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
     if (futureInterface.isPaused())
         futureInterface.waitForResume();
     futureInterface.reportFinished();
 }
 
+// non-void function that does not take QFutureInterface
 template <typename ResultType, typename Function, typename... Args>
-typename std::enable_if<!std::is_member_pointer<typename std::decay<Function>::type>::value>::type
-runAsyncImpl(QFutureInterface<ResultType> futureInterface, Function &&function, Args&&... args)
+void runAsyncReturnVoidDispatch(std::false_type, QFutureInterface<ResultType> futureInterface, Function &&function, Args&&... args)
+{
+    futureInterface.reportResult(function(std::forward<Args>(args)...));
+    if (futureInterface.isPaused())
+        futureInterface.waitForResume();
+    futureInterface.reportFinished();
+}
+
+// function that takes QFutureInterface
+template <typename ResultType, typename Function, typename... Args>
+void runAsyncQFutureInterfaceDispatch(std::true_type, QFutureInterface<ResultType> futureInterface, Function &&function, Args&&... args)
 {
     function(futureInterface, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
     if (futureInterface.isPaused())
@@ -538,6 +591,55 @@ runAsyncImpl(QFutureInterface<ResultType> futureInterface, Function &&function,
     futureInterface.reportFinished();
 }
 
+// function that does not take QFutureInterface
+template <typename ResultType, typename Function, typename... Args>
+void runAsyncQFutureInterfaceDispatch(std::false_type, QFutureInterface<ResultType> futureInterface, Function &&function, Args&&... args)
+{
+    runAsyncReturnVoidDispatch(std::is_void<typename std::result_of<Function(Args...)>::type>(),
+                               futureInterface, std::forward<Function>(function), std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+}
+
+// function that takes at least one argument which could be QFutureInterface
+template <typename ResultType, typename Function, typename... Args>
+void runAsyncArityDispatch(std::true_type, QFutureInterface<ResultType> futureInterface, Function &&function, Args&&... args)
+{
+    runAsyncQFutureInterfaceDispatch(std::is_same<QFutureInterface<ResultType>&,
+                                                  typename functionTraits<Function>::template argument<0>::type>(),
+                                     futureInterface, std::forward<Function>(function), std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+}
+
+// function that does not take an argument, so it does not take a QFutureInterface
+template <typename ResultType, typename Function, typename... Args>
+void runAsyncArityDispatch(std::false_type, QFutureInterface<ResultType> futureInterface, Function &&function, Args&&... args)
+{
+    runAsyncQFutureInterfaceDispatch(std::false_type(),
+                                     futureInterface, std::forward<Function>(function), std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+}
+
+// function, function pointer, or other callable object that is no member pointer
+template <typename ResultType, typename Function, typename... Args,
+          typename = typename std::enable_if<
+                !std::is_member_pointer<typename std::decay<Function>::type>::value
+              >::type>
+void runAsyncImpl(QFutureInterface<ResultType> futureInterface, Function &&function, Args&&... args)
+{
+    runAsyncArityDispatch(std::integral_constant<bool, (functionTraits<Function>::arity > 0)>(),
+                          futureInterface, std::forward<Function>(function), std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+}
+
+// Function = member function
+template <typename ResultType, typename Function, typename Obj, typename... Args,
+          typename = typename std::enable_if<
+                std::is_member_pointer<typename std::decay<Function>::type>::value
+              >::type>
+void runAsyncImpl(QFutureInterface<ResultType> futureInterface, Function &&function, Obj &&obj, Args&&... args)
+{
+    // Wrap member function with object into callable
+    runAsyncImpl(futureInterface,
+                 MemberCallable<Function>(std::forward<Function>(function), std::forward<Obj>(obj)),
+                 std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+}
+
 // can be replaced with std::(make_)index_sequence with C++14
 template <std::size_t...>
 struct indexSequence { };
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/utils-lib.pri b/src/libs/utils/utils-lib.pri
index 6057b116410..8bf92916ac5 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/utils-lib.pri
+++ b/src/libs/utils/utils-lib.pri
@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ HEADERS += \
     $$PWD/dropsupport.h \
     $$PWD/utilsicons.h \
     $$PWD/icon.h \
-    $$PWD/port.h
+    $$PWD/port.h \
+    $$PWD/functiontraits.h
 
 FORMS += $$PWD/filewizardpage.ui \
     $$PWD/projectintropage.ui \
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/utils.qbs b/src/libs/utils/utils.qbs
index abf63ab3045..d4e272f7cb6 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/utils.qbs
+++ b/src/libs/utils/utils.qbs
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ QtcLibrary {
         "filewizardpage.ui",
         "flowlayout.cpp",
         "flowlayout.h",
+        "functiontraits.h",
         "historycompleter.cpp",
         "historycompleter.h",
         "hostosinfo.h",
diff --git a/tests/auto/runextensions/tst_runextensions.cpp b/tests/auto/runextensions/tst_runextensions.cpp
index 5dadcc54ce9..13f8aabca1f 100644
--- a/tests/auto/runextensions/tst_runextensions.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/runextensions/tst_runextensions.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ private slots:
     void moveOnlyType();
 #endif
     void threadPriority();
+    void runAsyncNoFutureInterface();
 };
 
 void report3(QFutureInterface<int> &fi)
@@ -103,6 +104,82 @@ public:
     {
         fi.reportResult(s);
     }
+
+    void nonConstMember(QFutureInterface<double> &fi)
+    {
+        fi.reportResults({0, 2, 1});
+    }
+};
+
+void voidFunction(bool *value) // can be useful to get QFuture for watching when it is finished
+{
+    *value = true;
+}
+
+int one()
+{
+    return 1;
+}
+
+int identity(int input)
+{
+    return input;
+}
+
+QString stringIdentity1(const QString &s)
+{
+    return s;
+}
+
+QString stringIdentity2(QString s)
+{
+    return s;
+}
+
+class CallableWithoutQFutureInterface {
+public:
+    void operator()(bool *value) const
+    {
+        *value = true;
+    }
+};
+
+class MyObjectWithoutQFutureInterface {
+public:
+    static void staticMember0(bool *value)
+    {
+        *value = true;
+    }
+
+    static double staticMember1(int n)
+    {
+        return n;
+    }
+
+    void member0(bool *value) const
+    {
+        *value = true;
+    }
+
+    double member1(int n) const
+    {
+        return n;
+    }
+
+    QString memberString1(const QString &s) const
+    {
+        return s;
+    }
+
+    QString memberString2(QString s) const
+    {
+        return s;
+    }
+
+    double nonConstMember(int n)
+    {
+        return n;
+    }
 };
 
 void tst_RunExtensions::runAsync()
@@ -188,6 +265,9 @@ void tst_RunExtensions::runAsync()
              QList<QString>({cs}));
     QCOMPARE(Utils::runAsync<QString>(&MyObject::memberString2, &obj, QString(QLatin1String("rvalue"))).results(),
              QList<QString>({QString(QLatin1String("rvalue"))}));
+    MyObject nonConstObj{};
+    QCOMPARE(Utils::runAsync<double>(&MyObject::nonConstMember, &nonConstObj).results(),
+             QList<double>({0, 2, 1}));
 }
 
 void tst_RunExtensions::runInThreadPool()
@@ -317,6 +397,96 @@ void tst_RunExtensions::threadPriority()
              QList<int>({0, 2, 1}));
 }
 
+void tst_RunExtensions::runAsyncNoFutureInterface()
+{
+    // free function pointer
+    bool value = false;
+    Utils::runAsync<void>(voidFunction, &value).waitForFinished();
+    QCOMPARE(value, true);
+
+    QCOMPARE(Utils::runAsync<int>(one).results(),
+             QList<int>({1}));
+    QCOMPARE(Utils::runAsync<int>(identity, 5).results(),
+             QList<int>({5}));
+
+    QString s = QLatin1String("string");
+    const QString &crs = QLatin1String("cr string");
+    const QString cs = QLatin1String("c string");
+
+    QCOMPARE(Utils::runAsync<QString>(stringIdentity1, s).results(),
+             QList<QString>({s}));
+    QCOMPARE(Utils::runAsync<QString>(stringIdentity1, crs).results(),
+             QList<QString>({crs}));
+    QCOMPARE(Utils::runAsync<QString>(stringIdentity1, cs).results(),
+             QList<QString>({cs}));
+    QCOMPARE(Utils::runAsync<QString>(stringIdentity1, QString(QLatin1String("rvalue"))).results(),
+             QList<QString>({QString(QLatin1String("rvalue"))}));
+    QCOMPARE(Utils::runAsync<QString>(stringIdentity2, s).results(),
+             QList<QString>({s}));
+    QCOMPARE(Utils::runAsync<QString>(stringIdentity2, crs).results(),
+             QList<QString>({crs}));
+    QCOMPARE(Utils::runAsync<QString>(stringIdentity2, cs).results(),
+             QList<QString>({cs}));
+    QCOMPARE(Utils::runAsync<QString>(stringIdentity2, QString(QLatin1String("rvalue"))).results(),
+             QList<QString>({QString(QLatin1String("rvalue"))}));
+
+    // lambda
+    QCOMPARE(Utils::runAsync<double>([](int n) {
+                 return n + 1;
+             }, 3).results(),
+             QList<double>({4}));
+
+    // std::function
+    const std::function<double(int)> fun = [](int n) {
+        return n + 1;
+    };
+    QCOMPARE(Utils::runAsync<double>(fun, 2).results(),
+             QList<double>({3}));
+
+    // operator()
+    value = false;
+    Utils::runAsync<void>(CallableWithoutQFutureInterface(), &value).waitForFinished();
+    QCOMPARE(value, true);
+    value = false;
+    const CallableWithoutQFutureInterface c{};
+    Utils::runAsync<void>(c, &value).waitForFinished();
+    QCOMPARE(value, true);
+
+    // static member functions
+    value = false;
+    Utils::runAsync<void>(&MyObjectWithoutQFutureInterface::staticMember0, &value).waitForFinished();
+    QCOMPARE(value, true);
+    QCOMPARE(Utils::runAsync<double>(&MyObjectWithoutQFutureInterface::staticMember1, 2).results(),
+             QList<double>({2}));
+
+    // member functions
+    const MyObjectWithoutQFutureInterface obj{};
+    value = false;
+    Utils::runAsync<void>(&MyObjectWithoutQFutureInterface::member0, &obj, &value).waitForFinished();
+    QCOMPARE(value, true);
+    QCOMPARE(Utils::runAsync<double>(&MyObjectWithoutQFutureInterface::member1, &obj, 4).results(),
+             QList<double>({4}));
+    QCOMPARE(Utils::runAsync<QString>(&MyObjectWithoutQFutureInterface::memberString1, &obj, s).results(),
+             QList<QString>({s}));
+    QCOMPARE(Utils::runAsync<QString>(&MyObjectWithoutQFutureInterface::memberString1, &obj, crs).results(),
+             QList<QString>({crs}));
+    QCOMPARE(Utils::runAsync<QString>(&MyObjectWithoutQFutureInterface::memberString1, &obj, cs).results(),
+             QList<QString>({cs}));
+    QCOMPARE(Utils::runAsync<QString>(&MyObjectWithoutQFutureInterface::memberString1, &obj, QString(QLatin1String("rvalue"))).results(),
+             QList<QString>({QString(QLatin1String("rvalue"))}));
+    QCOMPARE(Utils::runAsync<QString>(&MyObjectWithoutQFutureInterface::memberString2, &obj, s).results(),
+             QList<QString>({s}));
+    QCOMPARE(Utils::runAsync<QString>(&MyObjectWithoutQFutureInterface::memberString2, &obj, crs).results(),
+             QList<QString>({crs}));
+    QCOMPARE(Utils::runAsync<QString>(&MyObjectWithoutQFutureInterface::memberString2, &obj, cs).results(),
+             QList<QString>({cs}));
+    QCOMPARE(Utils::runAsync<QString>(&MyObjectWithoutQFutureInterface::memberString2, &obj, QString(QLatin1String("rvalue"))).results(),
+             QList<QString>({QString(QLatin1String("rvalue"))}));
+    MyObjectWithoutQFutureInterface nonConstObj{};
+    QCOMPARE(Utils::runAsync<double>(&MyObjectWithoutQFutureInterface::nonConstMember, &nonConstObj, 4).results(),
+             QList<double>({4}));
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_RunExtensions)
 
 #include "tst_runextensions.moc"